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7th Bloomsday Bathe on the Beach, Malaga – Spain For the seventh year we are planning a simple reading, swim or paddle off the beach on Bloomsday this year on Friday, 16th June. What makes our event a little different is that the readers are encouraged to read their pieces in their own language. This is a fun, non intellectual, nor threatening event.

And it is FREE. All that is required is that you turn up on time to participate. It will be a memorable occasion. A fun get together! Where: The Beach, Fuengirola
Paseo Marítimo Rey de España, 29640 Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain When: Friday 16 June 2017, 8–10.30h Cost: Free, no booking required Contact: Roger Thomas Cummiskey
W: http://www.rogercummiskey.com/bloomsday-bathe-on-the-beach/

The story behind Ireland’s four provincesIrishCentral Staff @IrishCentralApril 18, 2017
Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Ulster - each one has something special to offer. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
That the four provinces of Ireland began as loosely bordered kingdoms is something of an afterthought to most tourists, but each province is rich in a history that unlocks and often predates the time of the High Kings’ reign.
In modern times, the country has four provinces: Leinster in the east, Connacht in the west, Ulster in the north and Munster in the south. The Irish word for province "cúige" derives from the phrase "fifth part," a hat tip to the historical fifth province of Ireland where Co. Meath in Leinster is now. The majority of the province of Meath became part the county although more northern areas were integrated into Ulster counties.

Before the Norman invasion in 1169, these five provinces existed as loosely federated kingdoms controlled by Ireland's great Irish…

Do you know the story behind the Irish flag?IrishCentral Staff @IrishCentralApril 18, 2017
The Irish flag has a rich and interesting history.ISTOCK
How much do you know about the flag that represents the Republic of Ireland?
The Irish flag (Bratach na hÉireann) – also known as the Irish tricolor – was flown publicly for the first time during the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, on March 7, in Waterford City, at the Wolfe Tone Confederate Club. It was flown by Thomas Francis Meagher, then a leader of the Young Irelander movement, who would go down in history as Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
While here in the US Meagher is best remembered for his role as a General in the Union Army and Governor of what is now Montana, his impact on Irish history and patriotic pride was also immense.
When Meagher hung the tricolor in Waterford, it boldly flew for eight days and nights until it was taken do…